Where does “pakolaisleiri” come from?
pakolaisleiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakolainen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
pakolaisleiri (Finnish): refugee camp
Definitions
- refugee camp
Ancestry of “pakolaisleiri”, step by step
pakolaisleiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pakolainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pakolainen | refugee |
| 2 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish leiri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leiri | A camp |
| 2 | Swedish | läger | a quarter, a camp |
| 3 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 4 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |